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Zoe Whittall



Zoe Whittall (CAN) is a critically acclaimed fiction writer and poet. Her debut novel Bottle Rocket Hearts was a Globe and Mail “Top 100” book and a Quill & Quire Best Book. In 2007, she was named Emerging Author of the Year by Now Magazine, and the recipient of the second annual Dayne Ogilvie Grant for Best Emerging Gay Writer in Canada. She has published three books of poetry and four books. She presents Holding Still for As Long As Possible, a portrait of twenty somethings who grew up with anti-anxiety meds, SARS and Hurricane Katrina, and Precordial Thump, a collection of poetry.

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8 - The Young, Bold and Restless
36 - Girls, Gossip and Cocktails
52 - Afternoon Delight
55 - Poetry Cabaret
 

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